2002 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A 35MPH PAVED BUSY ROAD, THE RACK AND PINION UNDER MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 FAILS, LEAVING ME WITH A LOSS OF STEERING AND ALMOST CATCHING THE TRUCK ON FIRE FROM SO MUCH FLUID GETTING ALL OVER A HOT ENGINE BAY. NOW AFTER A MONTH AND A HALF I HAVE PAID FOR 4 MORE RACK AND PINION FAILURES AND NOW MY TRUCK IS STILL SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY BROKEN WAITING FOR THE 6TH ONE. EVERYTIME IT IS A TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING AND THERE ARE NO WARNINGS. *TR

PERFORMING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ON A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 A WET SPOT WAS LOCATED ON A CRIMPED FITTING PORTION OF THE FRONT BRAKE HOSS. FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY LIGHTLY PRESSING AND PUSHING ON THE AFFECTED AREA RESULTED IN A TOTAL BREAKAGE AND FAILURE OF THE ASSEMBLY. THE FAILURE IS WHEN THE CRIMPED STEEL PORTION OF THE CONNECTION BREAKS DUE TO SEVERE RUST/CORROSION ON THE AFFECTED AREA. CONSEQUENCES OF THE FAILURE COULD INCLUDE A LOSS OF BRAKING EFFORT RESULTING IN A CRASH OR LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO ITS SEVERELY COMPROMISED ABILITY TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHEN NEEDED. THE REPAIR TO CORRECT THE FAILURE INCLUDED REPLACING BOTH FRONT BRAKE HOSES, ALL ASSOCIATED HARDWARE AND BLEEDING THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE FAILED PARTS WERE SAVED FOR DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES. *TR

2002 DODGE RAM 1500. DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING FOR LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND I JUST NOW STARTED RESEARCHING ON INTERNET FOR FEAR OF SOME ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SERIOUS INJURY. THIS IS AN APPARENT VERY COMMON DEFECT WITH DODGE, THAT DODGE DOES NOT WANT TO RECTIFY. I'VE ALWAYS USED A SUNVISOR AND TRIED MY BEST TO PROTECT THE DASH AND INTERIOR. 1. EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE - DEFECT IN MATERIALS USED BY DODGE. 2. FAILURE AND OCCURRENCE - DASH KEEPS CRACKING. 3. ACTIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT - FILING COMPLAINT. *TR

CRACKING DASHBOARD ON 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. SAFETY ISSUES WITH SHARP EDGES AND LOOSE PIECES. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS THROUGHOUT INTERNET SITES OF SAME PROBLEM. DODGE HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. MODEL YEARS 1998-2006 INVOLVED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO FEEL HEAT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE; ALL OF THE HEAT WAS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. FURTHERMORE, THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 146,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 .THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ENTERING HIS VEHICLE HE NOTICED CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAS FOUND OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS FAILURE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE. UPDATED EVOQ 03/22/11

THE DASH IN MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART (DEFECTIVE PLASTIC)AND DODGE/CHRYSLER WILL NOT STAND BEHIND IT'S PRODUCT. THE AIR BAG IS RIGHT BELOW & CONNECTED TO THE PLASTIC THAT HAS CRACKED. I AM WORRIED THAT IF THE AIR BAG IS DEPLOYED THAT THIS PLASTIC (WHICH IS VERY SHARP PIECES) WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS TO ANYONE IN THE VEHICLE.I ALSO PICK UP MY GRANDCHILDREN EVERY DAY FROM SCHOOL AND THE DASH ON MY TRUCK HAS BROKEN IN SO MANY PLACES THAT IT IS NOW FALLING APART AND HUGE PIECES FALLING OUT.THIS PLASTIC IS VERY SHARP AND COULD SLICE OPEN ANYONE AROUND IT. I HAVE ALWAYS KEPT MY TRUCK PARKED IN A GARAGE SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT(2002)-SO THE SUN IS NOT THE PROBLEM-IT IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT THAT WAS INSTALLED ON MY VEHICLE WHEN BUILT. I HAVE CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP TWICE AND THEY TELL ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO ABOUT IT. *TR

THE DASH IN MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 BEGAN CRACKING IN JANUARY 2010. IT IS NOW SEPTEMBER AND THE REAR TRIM SECTION HAS FOUR CRACKS WHICH HAVE ALLOWED THE CENTER GRILL TO FALL INSIDE THE DASH. THE FRONT OR MAIN DASH HAS A CRACK PERPENDICULAR TO THE WINDSHIELD OVER THE GLOVE BOX AREA. THE CENTER OF THE DASH IS CRACKED FROM THE REAR EDGE TO THE FRONT LEADING EDGE AND APPEARS TO BE GETTING WIDER. WHAT ONCE APPEARED AS A HAIRLINE CRACK NOW HAS WIDENED AND APPEARS AS THOUGH IT IS BECOMING VERY UNSTABLE. THIS TYPE OF DASH WHILE ATTRACTIVE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN USED. THE EDGES OF THESE CRACKS ARE A VERY HARD PLASTIC AND FEEL SHARP. GOD FORBID COMING IN CONTACT WITH THIS MATERIAL IN A WRECK. A PADDED TYPE DASH SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED. DID NOT DO ENOUGH RESEARCH BEFORE BUYING THIS VEHICLE. A RECALL BY THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE ORDERED. *TR

TRUCK CRASHED INTO TREE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY CAME FACE WITH STEERING WHEEL DASH BOARD,CHEST HIT STEERING WHEEL AND DRIVER DOOR HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF NOSE MOUTH WASBUSTED UP AND HAVE PROBLEM WITH NECK AND BACK AND LARGE KNOT ON FOREHAD,,TRUCK WAS TOTAL OUT..,THIS IS A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500,I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

MY 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 DASH IS CRACKING SEVERELY AND I AM WORRIED THAT PIECES OF THE DASH ARE FALLING INTO THE DASH WHILE, THAT WHILE DRIVING THE PIECES OF THE DASH WILL CUT VITAL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS INCLUDING THOSE FOR SAFETY. MY DASH HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE OVER TIME AND I AM AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF I AM DRIVING AND THE DASH FULLY COLLAPSES. *TR